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One of the dark race inhabiting principally the islands of Eastern Polynesia. Also used adjectively.

To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast. Who made thee a prince and a judge over us Ex. ii. 14. See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh. Ex. vii. 1.

insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera. The larvæ feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera.

pendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large. Also used adjectively.

.), denoting a type of hydrocarbons which are regarded as methenyl derivatives. Also used adjectively.

The middle of the week. Also used adjectively.

Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my. Used as a pronominal adjective in the predicate; as, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay." Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old style, used attributively, instead of my, before a noun beginning with a vowel. I kept myself from mine iniquity. Ps. xviii. 23.…

A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief, miscreant.

One of the posterity of Moab, the son of Lot. (Gen. xix. 37.) Also used adjectively.

that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite nature. Also used adjectively.

With an adjective or adverb (instead of the suffix -er) to form the comparative degree; as, more durable; more active; more sweetly. Happy here, and more happy hereafter. Bacon.

made with a mortise and tenon; joined or united by means of a mortise and tenon; -- used adjectively. -- Mortise joint, a joint made by a mortise and tenon. -- Mortise lock. See under Lock. -- Mortise wheel, a cast-iron wheel, with wooden clogs inserted in mortises on its face or edge; -- also called mortise gear,…

A rhizopod or moneran. Also used adjectively; as, a myxopod state.

and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively.

The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.

on atoms; -- contrasted with normal and iso-; as, neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively.

A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of niter.

(. (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively) designating the group or radical NO, called the nitroso group, or its compounds.

loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively.

of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.